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  • The Contract Man

  • Alex King, Book 1
  • By: A P Bateman
  • Narrated by: Joe Mills
  • Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (194 ratings)
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By: A P Bateman
Narrated by: Joe Mills
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Summary

Amazon number-one best seller for over three weeks

When an MI6 agent is found to be keeping records of his missions to protect himself from betrayal he unwittingly makes himself a priority target. But how do you silence the most dangerous man imaginable? Send him into hell on earth....

While Alex King is sent into Northern Iraq to tidy the loose ends of a botched mission, the archipelago of Indonesia is under communist threat from within its own military. A consortium of worried businessmen call for desperate measures and seek the services of an assassin. But what if MI6 could be duped into taking care of their problems for them? With secret links to China the communist contingent threatens Britain's trade initiatives with the largest mineral producing country on the planet. 

In the dark world of intelligence it seems that everybody has their price.

©2016 Anthony P Bateman (P)2019 Anthony P Bateman

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  • 10-09-20

Brilliant

A rip roaring exciting story, excellently read and superbly written- Joe Mills does a fabulous job of narration.

I thought it was so good I purchased the second book, alas although I’m sure the story was just as exciting- the narrator was not Joe Mills but someone else who completely bollocksed up the story with his crappy attempt.
I tried 3 times to listen to it ......
and 3 times I gave up after 4or 5 chapters .

I got a refund.

Yes I know this isn’t a review for the second book but having returned it I can’t review it.

AUDIBLE- WILL YOU PLEASE SORT OUT WHO IS CAPABLE OF NARRATION BEFORE YOU RELEASE A BRILLIANT BOOK WHICH GETS A POOR PERFORMANCE BY A CRAP NARRATOR
AND

AS YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE NARRATOR- TRY AND EMPLOY SOMEONE WHO HAS A PAIR OF EARS BEFORE YOU LET THEM LOOSE TO KILL A POTENTIALLY GREAT BOOK!!

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Great Action story brought alive by narrator

The book was a great action thriller brought alive by the narrator who brought a clear vision of it all close your eyes and you were there

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Wonderful narration

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, exciting and well written. The narrator was brilliant, in fact, the accents were so good I began to wonder if there could be more than one

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Enjoyed

I enjoyed listening to this fast paced thriller. Joe Mills was a great narrator.
Well written and a great listen. Good characters and story.

recommended

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dissapointing

was really excited about this and starts off like a cracker then it meanders all over the place, Over emphasis on description a whole paragraph to describe a piece of steak and 2 veg 2 paragraphs for every bullet fired its cut and past from guns and ammo if a lot of the padding had been removed it could have been a five star job

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good book

the story is well worth getting used to the narration, and well worth the listen..!

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Great narration and entertaining story

I really enjoyed listening to this book. The narration was extremely good with very believable foreign accents. The voice given to Alex King was perfect for his character.

My only slight criticism is the lack of research given to the flying scenes. As a pilot, I found the errors excruciating (helicopters, for instance, do not have yolks).

All in all I highly recommend this book for an exciting, easy listen.

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  • 18-11-20

Good story Awful Performance

A really good story if not an original genre.
Badly let down by the performer who narrated in an annoying porn star growl and did not appear to follow the punctuation. He lacked familiarity with technical details and so mis- pronounced many weapon details etc.
I will try the next in the series as the story was good if rather non p.c.

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Enjoyable espionage story

A compelling read. Thoroughly enjoyed the plot, it’s twists of betrayal and double crossing. I highly recommend

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  • 01-02-23

Fantastic!!!!

I was looking for something different and thought that I would give A P Bateman’s books a try and The Contract Man archived the desired effect I was looking for!!! Absolutely loved this novel and is one gripping, thrill ride espionage novel! The Narrator - Joe Mills is magnificent, his narrating voice and character impersonations are brilliant and sounds like a full cast of actors and forget that it’s a one man band production! I would have given it 5 right across the board but the sound quality at times makes it sound like he is talking into a pot. Other than this, The Contract Man is superb and now to start the rest of the Alex King series.

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